Good but not too expensive desk top to use

[bryant]

I currently have Hoster installed on one laptop and backed up on another and am seriously thinking about purchasing another copy to install on a nice "portable" desktop that can be taken to gigs. I have been listening about a lot of complaints about trusting laptops as the gig computer and am getting real nervous. Can someone let me know (guide me) what they use to carry around to gigs for their portable desktop and how much I might need to spend? And what kind of luck you have been having?